Quick Ontology Mapping Algorithm for distributed environments

摘要

The ontology mapping appears in many application domains and its resolution is complex due to the different ways to represent the information. Our approach is based on the creation of a new structure that contains the main concepts of an ontology. These concepts define the ontology purpose and its granularity. Furthermore, we increase these terms using external resources to simplify the number of concepts to compare. Thus, the mapping algorithm compares these structures and quickly decides if there are similarities, instead of usign traditional techniques which compare most of the ontology elements one by one.